SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, while speaking during a debate on the Women's Reservation Bill, said, "If you reserve seats, women will end up competing among themselves. That ‘saas-bahu’ one of yours has already lost." Responding to his remarks, ex-Union Minister Smriti Irani said, "I heard...Akhilesh ji remembered me in Parliament." "Shift your focus from serials to Parliament," she added.